We’re planning on doing a bit of landscaping in our backgarden and are toying between doing it ourselves and hiring someone in to do the job.
If anyone could give a bit of guidance on level of difficulty given the images and descriptions below that would be greatly appreciated.
I attach four images:-
The first two showing the existing layout of the garden (plan view plus cross-section view);
The second two our preferred layout of the new garden (again, plan view plus cross-section view).
Some of our initial queries:-
1. We have moderate DIY experience – how difficult a job is it to do what we are looking to do?
2. Access to the garden for excavation of earth – access through the gate to the top left in the plan view is a maximum of XX metres wide – is it possible to get a mini mechanical digger through this gate?
3. The retaining wall to go around the left, bottom, and right-hand sides of the garden – how far away does this have to be from the fence?
4. What drainage would be required?
5. Anything else we need to bear in mind?
If anyone could give a bit of guidance on level of difficulty given the images and descriptions below that would be greatly appreciated.
I attach four images:-
The first two showing the existing layout of the garden (plan view plus cross-section view);
The second two our preferred layout of the new garden (again, plan view plus cross-section view).
Some of our initial queries:-
1. We have moderate DIY experience – how difficult a job is it to do what we are looking to do?
2. Access to the garden for excavation of earth – access through the gate to the top left in the plan view is a maximum of XX metres wide – is it possible to get a mini mechanical digger through this gate?
3. The retaining wall to go around the left, bottom, and right-hand sides of the garden – how far away does this have to be from the fence?
4. What drainage would be required?
5. Anything else we need to bear in mind?